That this is what happens, she was crying the whole time. And when she hung up the phone, she looked at me and said, he didnt even remember his name. Didnt say what that congresswoman said and she knows it and she is now not saying it. I did not say what she said. And i would like her to make the statement again. Because i did not say what she said. I was stunned when i came to work yesterday morning, broken hearted at what i saw and i remember congress doing. If you want to goat get into a debut with a four star marine general, that is highly inappropriate. We go to Mia Rodriguez florida where the funeral of johnson wrapped up a bit earlier and talking to mia but first to Kelly Odonnell at the white house. And we know President Trump is back on twitter today and in typical random saturday fashion, we got a lot of different tweets, but one of which aimed at congresswoman wilson, not ready to let go of this feud. And it seemed that it was a reflection of the president watching televisio
Courthouse you see on the right side of the screen. He arrived in the last hour. Hes pleading guilty to conspiracy against the United States and lying to federal investigators. All Things Considered this works looks like a good deal for gates as it substantially reduces the number of charges against him. Only yesterday he was facing a 32 count indictment on top of the the indictment he had not pletd guilty to. If gates begins cooperating and potentially testifies against his business partner, what will Paul Manafort do . Could Donald Trumps former Campaign Chairman change his plea as well . Which leads us to our big question today. What does it mean for the president of the United States . Were going to see him in just a couple minutes in the east room having a bilateral press conference with the Prime Minister of australia. So far, though, donald trump has been silent on this. Hes refused to answer reporters questions. He will no doubt be asked about it again in just a moment. As you
Night in damascus. Nearly the skyline was rocked by explosions in ways they hadnt seen for quite a while. Also around homes, too. Bashar al assad keen to be seen on the syrian presidency twitter account in a video just sort of saunterring into work over a clean marble floor, carrying a briefcase like he had a nice nights sleep and ready to address the days business. People will be assessing as to whether or not the damage done to the regime is enough to make them rethink their calculus about using chemical weapons. One slight note of caution in this region, the rule of unintended consequences. President trump has used the immortal phrase mission accomplished. George w. Bush unfurled that banner behind him on an aircraft carrier. The u. S. Was in iraq for 15 years and is still there now. We dont know the end of this story yet but last night was limited in what it did. Lasted 70 minutes, targeted just a small number of facilities. Aimed to send a message. That message was probably receiv
On april 7th the regime [ inaudible ] disregard for international law. By using chemical weapons to murder women, children, and other innocents. We and our allies find these atrocities inexcusable. As our commanderinchief, the president has the authority under article two of the constitution to oous military force overseas, the United States has a vital interest in sear and specifically deterring the use and proliferation of chemical weapons. Last year in response to a chemical weapons attack against civilians and to signal the regime, to cease chemical weapons use, we targeted the military base from which the weapons were delivered. Earlier today President Trump directed the u. S. Military to conduct operations in continents with our allies to destroy the Syrian Regime chemical Weapons Research and development and production capability. Tonight france, the United Kingdom and the United States took Decisive Action to strike the Syrian Chemical Weapons infrastructure. Clearly the assad
Senator chris coons joins us live to talk about his bipartisan effort to protect the special counsel. Later, tuesday was a long night and its still going. The president tries to put his thumb on the scale as recounts are under way. And well talk about Lessons Learned from the midterms as naturally the curtain rises on 2020. Were going to start here in washington where President Trump has just arrived after another memorable trip overseas that highlighted tensions with leaders of americas longest standing allies and showcased his embrace of America First nationalism. Trump joined more than six dozen World Leaders at a ceremony in paris commemorating the end of world war i. It was during that ceremony that Emmanuel Macron delivered a searing rebuke of the rising nationalism around the globe. Translator this vision of france as a generous nation, of france as a project, as france, the bearer of universal values was displayed during these dark hours as the very opposite of the selfishness